Editor’s Note: Although there will be two pottery festivals taking place this same weekend in the Seagrove area, these potteries will be offing visitors an individual experience. I might suggest the stop at the NC Pottery Center in “downtown” Seagrove where you can probably get a map of area potteries to help you locate these potteries.

Works from Dover Pottery

Works from Whynot Pottery

Seventeen Seagrove, NC, area pottery shops welcome you to their individual galleries with special holiday shopping hours the weekend before Thanksgiving, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, from 9am-5pm and Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, from 11am-4pm.

Rescue your holiday spirit from crowds and noise with a beautiful country drive and support your local stores and artisans. Meet the potters and peruse the new designs that the artists have spent all summer creating. Some shops will have holiday decorations, refreshments and tours. There is no charge for this event.